Maprang | มะปราง | Bouea macrophylla
Family: Anacardiaceae - Genus: Bouea
Mango Plum can be found near Special School of the Thai Child Development Foundation and in Paksong area.
The mango plum, also know as commonly known as marian plum, gandaria or plum mango, is an evergreen tree, which grows to heights of 25 meters. The fruit (resembling a mango) are green in color when young and mature to an orange/yellow, with the seed being pink.
Mango plum flowers in November to December, and fruit appears from April to May.
THE TREE
This evergreen tree grows to heights of 25 meters.
The mango plum tree can is popular as an ornamental fruit bearing shade tree due to its dense foliage
MANGO PLUM LEAVES
Its leaves elliptic in shape, and range from 13 to 45 centimetre long and from 5 to 7 wide wide.
The leaves can be eaten raw when they are still young, and can be used in salads.
MANGO PLUM FLOWERS
The flowers have oblong-obovate petals which are yellowish or light yellowish to green of 1.5-2.5 millimetre × 1 millimetre.
The small yellow flowers are hidden in among the foliage.
MANGO PLUM FRUIT
The Plum Mango (ma prang) is related to the mango and the entire fruit, including its single seed, is edible.
The fruit is consumed green as well as ripe.
The fruit range from sweet to sour in flavor, and has a light smell of turpentine.
MANGO PLUM WOOD
The wood is moderately hard to hard. It is suitable for medium construction under cover, whilst other uses include veneer and plywood, planking, general cabinet works and furniture.
CULINARY USES OF MANGO PLUM
Both the leaves and fruit from the tree can be eaten.
The leaves can be eaten raw when they are still young, and can be used in salads.
The seed of the mango plum is edible, but bitter.
The ripe fruit is very acidic and has a mango-like flavor. It can be made into dishes such as pickles or compotes.
The young, green fruits are often eaten with a spicy dipping sauce, or are used to make a special kind of "sambal", a chili-based condiment, and in pickles, the bright purple parts in the big seed adding to the attraction of the sauce.
NUTRITION
100 gram of maprang fruit contains:
water - 86.6 g,
protein - 40 mg,
fat - 20 mg,
carbohydrates - 11.3 g,
dietary fibers - 150 mg
calcium - 9 mg
phosphorus - 4 mg
iron - 0.3 mg
ash content - 20 mg,
A-carotene - 23 mg,
thiamine - 0.11 mg,
riboflavin - 0.05 mg
niacin - 0.5 mg
vitamin C - 100 mg.
TRADITIONAL MEDICINAL USE OF MANGO PLUM
NOTE: please take advice from a doctor if you are planning to use herbal medicine.
This exotic fruit provides various health benefits, and is said to be helpfull with:
Skin Health
Speeds healing process
Treat cancer
Improves blood circulation
Function of brain
Eradicate toxins
Heart ailments
Lung functions
Vision
Assist weight loss
INTO THE WILD: a down to earth experience
For guests and visitors to Paksong we organize weekly tours "The Edible Forest" and Foraging weekends: Into the Wild. We work with local guides to take you in the jungle of Paksong. After foraging, we will cook a meal with the ingredients, using bamboo together with you!
Come and join and learn about the abundance of food that nature gives us!
INTO THE WILD!
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